On Tue, 2 May 2017 20:41:46 +0200 (CEST) "Jeanette C." <julien(a)mail.upb.de> wrote: Just had a listen to these. I preferred deep_down. The fairly irregular drum pattern in underworld wasn't really to my taste. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.

On Tue, 2 May 2017 20:41:46 +0200 (CEST) "Jeanette C." <julien(a)mail.upb.de> wrote: 'Underworld' has a strong hook in which silence or perhaps a pause rather, plays a role, which is very nice. This slight pause is underlined by the contrasting busy drums. The effect is quite achieved. I put these pieces into progressive rock which may very well be the genre they belong to. Especially when it comes to 'Deep Down'. We hear in there many of the progrock trademarks. The drums in that one comes across as being specially alive for 'machine drums'. A nice enjoyable piece of that style. The recurring theme always happen at the right time to be enjoyed. Now, if you don't mind. the album title, 'Funny Ways' had to make me think about a classic of progressive rock. Ray Shulmann gives the bass to brother Derek to pickup the violin while keyboardist Kerry Minnear plays the cello and does mostly the lead vocals, also shared by Derek. Kerry also does the vibraphone solo. From a 16mm film dated to 1974, 'Funny Ways' by U.K. band Gentle Giant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzDCfnBhinw Cheers.